Ohio – Donte Whitner is happy to be home. For strong safety Donte Whitner, signing with the Cleveland Browns as a free agent allowed him to return to his hometown. The 49ers will either look to free agency or the draft to replace Whitner, as backups C.J. … (more)Whitner had been pursued by several teams, but he told cleveland.com that the Browns could offer him something no other team could: A chance to play where he grew up, and where his family still lives. The Cleveland Browns did not wait long before signing their first free agents of the 2014 season. ET is to do more in the way of building than splashing.It doesn’t mean they will avoid taking advantage of the $40 or so million in space they have under the salary cap, but it also doesn’t mean they’re going to spend wildly with the notion that the open market will provide a quick fix to a team that hasn’t won more than five games in each of the last six seasons.Under the direction of first-year general manager Ray Farmer, the Browns are going to be somewhere in the middle.“You see teams go both routes where they try to slow play it and take their time, and they run out of time,” Farmer said in an exclusive interview with ClevelandBrowns.com.

Whitner cost Browns a lot more than Ward cost Broncos

The two biggest acquisitions made to date by the Cleveland Browns amount to an even-Steven swapping out of a safety and a linebacker for a safety and a linebacker. And they paid plenty for the safety and the linebacker they signed, especially in compari…

Browns Sign Quickly; Whitner and Dansby Agree to Terms

The Cleveland Browns did not wait long before signing their first free agents of the 2014 season. The Browns struck quickly by reaching a deal with both safety Donte Whitner who has previously played with the 49ers and Bills, and linebacker Karlos Dansb…

The Cleveland Browns are frequent offseason winners. It's the other part of the calendar that gives them some trouble. The team is poised close to the start off the free-agency period Tuesday afternoon to make two big additions to their defense, with re…

Dawson confirms return to 49ers, Whitner to Browns

Phil Dawson set a 49ers’ record by making 27 consecutive field goals in 2013. Now, he is ready to see what he can do for an encore. The veteran kicker confirmed via his Twitter account that he is returning to San Francisco. Very excited & grateful f…

Browns apparently are breaking the bank

Asked to make a bold prediction on Monday’s edition of Pro Football Talk on NBCSN, I suggested that the Browns would resist the temptation to spend a bunch of cash and cap space to eradicate the stink of controversy after controversy after controversy i…

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Buccaneers: Charles Tillman, Ted Ginn among free agent visitors

The Buccaneers publicly confirmed five free agent visits on their website Wednesday, with three players listed in PFT’s Free Agent Hot 100 among those who have met with Tampa Bay. Bears cornerback Charles Tillman (No. 49 on the Hot 100), Bengals offensi…